To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what the date of first reception into custody was for each prisoner who committed suicide in custody in England and Wales in 2011; and what the length of sentence was for each such prisoner who had been sentenced.

On 1 January the Ministry of Justice announced that there had been 57 apparent self inflicted deaths in 2011. A fuller picture on deaths is provided in the annual Safety in Custody bulletin which is produced by the National Offender Management Service and the Ministry of Justice. This publication covers deaths, self-harm and assaults among prisoners in custody; and contains statistics relating to self-inflicted deaths in custody from 2001 in England and Wales. The 2011 bulletin will be published on 24 July 2012.

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